17 Genius LEGO Artworks

Check out these lifesize sculptures made using the child-size toy

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Most freelance and certified LEGO artists admit to being big kids. But, clearly, there's more to their psyche than a love for plastic bricks. See for yourself, with our roundup of awe-inspiring LEGO sculptures made by artists who are the very best at building on their imagination.

NYC-based LEGO artist Sean Kenney built this 78" x 78" x 18" sculpture to coincide with the launch of the DSi in April 2009. The 250-pound piece, which took Kenney 200 hours to build and contains 51,324 LEGO pieces, was displayed at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Photo courtesy of Sean Kenney.

In December 2009, Kenney created this LEGO-based rendition of NYC's famous tourist destination, which was unveiled in the Samsung Experience Store in Manhattan. Inspired by the recently installed pedestrian-friendly areas in Times Square, Kenney put two months of work (and 22,000 LEGO pieces) into recreating it. Photo courtesy of Sean Kenney.

This 8.5' x 5' LEGO mosaic—which depicts a hurdler leaping over obstacles and was meant to encourage Hong Kong citizens to strive forward despite the current economic bump—was created by LEGO enthusiast members of The Hong Kong LEGO Users Group for a charity event; it's made up of 64,000 pieces. Photo courtesy of BlackBulbCreations.BlogSpot.com.

This is a private-collection artwork by artist Dirk Denoyelle—who voiced the character Hagrid in the Flemish version of the Harry Potter films. Standing 15.7" x 15.7" x 15.7", the sculpture required just under 50 hours to build, and contains 9,500 LEGO elements. Photo courtesy of Dirk Denoyelle.

Artist Robin Sather created this 8' x 8' x 8' sculpture for the opening of the traveling LEGO exhibit "Secrets of the Pharaohs." The work is made up of 37,000 LEGO DUPLO bricks, each of which is two times larger (in all dimensions) than a regular LEGO. Photo courtesy of Robin Sather.

To create this 2.5' x 5' rendering of Michael Cooper's famous photograph for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, artist Henry Lim used Pixelego—a software tool that converts a digital image into a plastic plate/brick partitioning—and built the mosaic from 20,000 LEGO pieces over eight months. Photo courtesy of Henry Lim.

According to HenryLim.org, this 6' x 14' dinosaur sculpture, which took Lim seven months to build and is made up of over 100,000 LEGO pieces, is larger than every structure he's made combined. Photo courtesy of Henry Lim.

According to Julie Stern, assistant manager of brand relations for LEGO, the 7-foot-tall "Chewie" was built in the early 2000s to celebrate LEGO's Star Wars product line, and contains approximately 43,000 pieces. Photo courtesy of Mollie Hartford.

Also built by LEGO Master Builders, this 6 foot-tall rendering of the well-known superhero was created for the 2006 kickoff of LEGO's Batman product line and, according to Stern, contains 65,000 LEGO pieces. Photo courtesy of The Lego Group.

Ireland-based artist James Shields built this 14" x 15" sculpture of the two beloved Sesame Street characters, which was part of a larger display of children's TV show characters, using an estimated 1,200 LEGO bricks for an animation display at STEAM 2009, a LEGO Train Show in the UK. Photo courtesy of James Shields.

Artist Eric Harshbarger built this 3.5-foot-tall rendition of the popular cartoon kid, which is approximately 30 pounds and is made up of about 10,000 (mostly yellow) bricks. Photo courtesy of Eric Harshbarger.

In the photo above, Harshbarger is lounging next to his approximately 45-pound, 6' x 8', 30,000-brick commissioned creation inspired by the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting. Photo courtesy of Eric Harshbarger.

Inspired by LEGO's original version of the famous Vincent van Gogh painting, according to BrickArtist.com, Nathan Sawaya added his attempt at the project to his private collection in August 2005. At 36" x 45", the work required 7,956 LEGO pieces. Photo courtesy of Nathan Sawaya.